Clay Aiken Gets Sucked Into The Political Banter on Twitter

For the last two weeks, Clay Aiken has been using Twitter to defend his name.

After Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, caused a political firestorm on August 19 with his comments that “legitimate rape” couldn’t lead to pregnancy, Aiken went on the defensive.

He started by sharing his general distaste for the politician with a similar name.

2nd place on Idol. 2nd place on Apprentice. And now thanks to @reptoddakin I'm only the 2nd stupidest Aiken!

You might have read about John Rich’s Twitter beef with Aiken over a comment he made during the run of the GOP convention, but it seems Aiken isn’t taking it to heart. Instead he’s snapping back with his own sassy comments.